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VIVALDI’S THE FOUR SEASONS
February 7, 2026
7:30 PM | Wilson Center @ CFCC
Aisslinn Nosky, violin
Guy Fishman, cello
Step into the vivid, ever-changing world of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra’s third Classics Series concert of 25/26 Season—an evening that blends baroque brilliance with virtuosic flair.
We are thrilled to welcome two extraordinary guest artists from Boston’s renowned Handel and Haydn Society: Aisslinn Nosky, Concertmaster, and Guy Fishman, Principal Cellist. With Nosky leading Vivaldi’s beloved masterwork from the violin, audiences will experience the iconic concertos as both timeless and newly alive, rich with character, color, and seasonal storytelling.
Complemented by a program that celebrates baroque elegance and vibrant textures, this performance promises a night of exhilarating musicianship and deeply moving interpretation.
GUEST ARTISTS
AISSLINN NOSKY
Violinist Aisslinn Nosky captivates audiences around the world with her innovative interpretations and impeccable technique. Her fierce passion for early music and skill as a soloist, director, and conductor has generated robust appreciation by press and audiences alike. Hailed as “superb” by The New York Times and “a fearsomely powerful musician” by The Toronto Star, widespread demand for Aisslinn continues to grow.
In 2011 Aisslinn was appointed Concertmaster of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. She is also Concertmaster of Bach Akademie Charlotte and has been Guest Artist-in-Residence with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra since 2018. Aisslinn has also collaborated with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Holland Baroque, and the Charlotte Symphony. She was a dedicated member of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra from 2005 to 2016 and served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Niagara Symphony from 2016 to 2019.
Aisslinn is a founding member of the Eybler Quartet, who explore repertoire from the early quartet literature on period instruments. Their most recent recording features Beethoven’s Op. 18 string quartets and was released in 2018 (CORO). Gramophone Magazine mused, “they make no bones about treating Beethoven as a radical. ...This set might delight you or it might infuriate you: either way, I suspect, Beethoven would have been more than happy.” With the Eybler Quartet, Aisslinn serves on the faculty of EQ: Evolution of the String Quartet at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. EQ is an intensive summer course for emerging artists which celebrates the lineage of the string quartet, both as a historical genre and as a freshly invigorated practice in the 21st century.
Born in Canada, Aisslinn began playing violin at age three and made her solo debut with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra at age eight.
GUY FISHMAN
Guy Fishman is active as a concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. He is principal cellist of the Handel and Haydn Society, with which he made his Symphony Hall solo debut in 2005. He is in demand as an early music specialist in the United States and Europe, having performed as principal cellist and with Tafelmusik, Seraphic Fire, Consone String Quartet, Arcadia Players, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Querelle des Bouffons, Emmanuel Music, the Boston Museum Trio, Boulder Bach Festival, El Mundo, and with Boston Baroque and Apollo’s Fire, among others. He has recently been named co-artistic director of the Bach Akademie Charlotte in Charlotte, NC. Fishman has appeared in recital with Dawn Upshaw, Mark Peskanov, Eliot Fisk, Richard Eggar, Lara St. John, Gil Kalish, Kim Kashkashian, and Natalie Merchant. His playing has been praised as “plangent” by the Boston Globe, “electrifying” by the New York Times, and “beautiful....noble” by the Boston Herald, and “dazzling” by the Portland Press Herald. The Boston Musical Intelligencer related having “…heard greater depth in [Haydn concerto] than I have in quite some time.”
Mr. Fishman has recorded for the Olde Focus, CORO, Telarc, Centaur, Titanic, and Newport Classics labels. Recordings of sonatas by Andrea Caporale and duos for cello and bass were warmly received. Vivaldi cello concerti with members of the Handel and Haydn Society were called “brilliant” by the Huffington Post and “a feast for the ears” by Early Music America, which remarked on the “exuberance…adroit sense of phrasing and extraordinary technique…grace and agility” found in his recording with H+H of the cello concerti by CPE Bach.
Mr. Fishman studied with David Soyer, Peter Wiley, Julia Lichten, and Laurence Lesser, with whom he completed Doctoral studies at the New England Conservatory of Music. He now serves on the faculty there. In addition, he is a Fulbright Fellow, having worked with famed Dutch cellist Anner Bylsma in Amsterdam. He plays a rare cello made in Rome in 1704 by David Tecchler.
